Cala'diel (5e Campaign Setting)/NPCs/CassidyBurton
Cassidy Burton[edit]
Cassidy was born in the town of Brookmere. Her family was a merchant family and they would travel between various towns often. When she was twelve years old her families carvavan was attacked by thieves traveling between Brookmere and Sastow Port. During the attack her mother hid her, there she was witness to her family being killed. After that Cassidy was able to run away, and was not tracked down by the bandits. Despite escaping, Cassidy was too young to find her way home. She wandered around for two days before being found by another merchant caravan. The guild merchant leading the caravan listened to her story and decided to take her to Blackfen Tower. Blackfen Tower was home to a group of paladins who would take her in and protect her. The merchant also told her that they might even help bring the bandits to justice.
When the she arrived the paladins agreed to take her in, keep her safe, and train her. For the first three years she lived at the tower she spent her time leaning how to fend for herself and live life by the code of the paladins. At the age of fifteen the head paladin asked her if she would be willing to undertake a challenging task. He told her that this undertaking would grant her the power to avenge her family as well as gain strength almost no one could rival. She agreed and was given a magical armor that she would have to attune with and train to learn to use.
It took her six months to attune to the magic armor. On her nineteenth birthday the paladins told her that if she wanted vengence they were confident she could claim it. Cassidy now felt confident enough to go out and avenge her family. She spent a year tracking down the thieves responsible and turned them in for a bounty in Volmoria. She continued to do some more bounty jobs in Volmoria for a year or so after this. She joined the Volmoria militia during this time as well. Her skills helped her quickly advance in the ranks, and soon she was a high ranking officer. The final job she worked with for the militia was commissioned by Hathik Rubybender. This job, unknown by her at the time, was to capture and enslave lizardfolk for the Volmoria coliseum. This is how she met Dask, and during the mission she left, and she has never spoken to Hathik again.
Cassidy has since returned to Blackfen tower. She trains anyone who is willing to join her ranks. Dask and her have continued their friendship formed on her last mission. These events have given her a mixed reputation in the Crish region.
